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HEIDELBERG partnered with the Glastonbury Festival for 2025 to print its official festival newspaper on a vintage seven-ton HEIDELBERG cylinder press
The UK branch of print press manufacturer, HEIDELBERG, partnered with the Glastonbury Festival for 2025, supporting the official festival newspaper, the Glastonbury Free Press, throughout the event.
The internationally renowned five-day music and performing arts festival takes place on 1500 acres of farmland in Somerset each year, attended by over 200,000 people.
The lineup for this year, the 55th edition of the festival, included Olivia Rodrigo, The Prodigy, The 1975, Neil Young, Charli XCX, and Rod Stewart, among others.
For the partnership, announced earlier this year, HEIDELBERG UK supported the printing of the festival’s newspaper, which is produced in the Free Press section of the festival on a vintage 1950s seven-ton HEIDELBERG cylinder press. The 70-year-old HEIDELBERG press is reportedly still in perfect running condition.
The HEIDELBERG letterpress machine reportedly drew thousands of visitors including children, as well as printing and publishing veterans who worked in London’s iconic Fleet Street, the old heart of the British newspaper industry.
The Glastonbury Free Press, now in its 12th year of production, is distributed for free around the festival at different locations and times. Alongside the newspaper, a series of collectible posters are printed with a different theme each year, which are sold during the course of the festival.
As part of this partnership, HEIDELBERG UK announced an apprenticeship opportunity for one young person nominated by Glastonbury Festival Events and its partners.
The selected apprentice will receive comprehensive training as a printing machine engineer, gaining hands-on experience with new equipment and techniques across HEIDELBERG’s UK operations.
Upon successful completion of the programme, a job offer may be made, subject to availability of a suitable role.
HEIDELBERG Managing Director, Ryan Miles, says: “It’s inspiring to see part of our HEIDELBERG tradition and heritage being appreciated by so many people, and more so that it is the basis for encouraging the next generation to join our fantastic industry and company.
“This year has been special as we celebrate our 175 Year Anniversary, and the blend of history and future was truly fitting for such an occasion.”
